Grain-binding harvester



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Patented Apr. 24, 1883.

- Ha s STATES LEWIS MILLER, OF AKRON, OHIO.

GRAIN-BINDING HARVESTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 276,448, dated April 24, 1883.

Application filed September 8, 1882. (No model.)

Figure l is a plan or top view of a harvesting-maehine with my improvements applied. Figs. 2, 3, and 4 represent respectively rear, front, and side elevations of the same, the last named being taken from the stubble side of the machine; and Fig. 5 is a side elevation of thesanie, taken from the grain side. Figs. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, ll, and 12 are views showing certain details of construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described.

My invention relates to a novel arrangementof the binder-gear standard and gearing relative to the main driving-wheel and the path of the grain in its passage over said wheel; to the construction of the portion of the hinder-table or of the discharging-apron attachment thereto overhanging the driving-wheel, and to the manner of combining the samewith the wheel, whereby it is automatically adjusted in its relation to said Wheel to conform to the adjustmentof the frame; to a novel arrangement of means for effecting the adjust: mentofthereeland ofthemechanismfordriving the same; to a novel construction of the connecting-rod and of the endless chain driving in cuts herein claimed.

the crank-shaft, whereby the said parts are made to assist in moving the grain; to a gravity-stop for preventing the backward movement of the grain on the elevating-incline; to a novel arrangement of drivers foot-board, said board forming also a support for the shaft operating. the tilting-tongue of the machine; and to a novel arrangement of mechanisms for actuating the sickle-bar, butting device, pickers, and reel, whereby said parts are all connected with and operated from the same binder-shaft, all as hereinafter explained.

The machine in its organization resembles that described in other. applications for pat- Qe'nts filed by me, and will not therefore be described in detail herein, except so far as is necessary to an understanding of the improve- Thus the construction of the main or binder and platform frames, the

struction of the binder-gear standard or yoke per se, the construction ofthe main drivingwheel and grain-wheel, and themauner of connecting said wheels with the fraineot' the machine, are features all fully set forth in said other applications referred to, and, except in pactioular features of arrangement hereinafter described, said parts are not herein claimed.

The binder-gear standard, (indicated at A in the drawings,) instead of being arranged in rear of the path of the grain in its passage from the inner end of the grain-platform over the driving-wheel, as described in another application referred to, is arranged in advance of said path, with its tubular arms projecting from its rear face, said standard being secured to the forwar g'l transverse bar of the inclined binderframe, this arrangement permitting a material reduction of the width of the grain-platform and the binder-table, as compared with a machine in which the standard is arranged in rear of the path of the grain, and in which arrangement said standard must be set far enough back to accommodate the length of the longest straw, whercasin the present arrange- 8o ment, the grain-platform and the binding-table being-made of a width from front to rear sufficient to adapt it to the ordinary length of grain where the machine is operating upon very tall grain or long straw, the heads may overhang the platform and binder-table, there being no obstructing support in its pathway. This arrangement of the binder-standard, in connection with the arrangement of the binding devices, whereby the grain bound during its passage and in the process of elevating it over the wheel, enables me to contract the machine within materially reduced limits, as compared with the ordinary arrangement of these parts.

The inclined binder-table, (indicated at 13,) upon which the grain is bound between theinner end of the grain-platform and the drivingwheel, is provided-at its upper end with a discharging apron or board forminga rigid lateral extension, B,.at the forward part of said end. This lateral extension overhangs the form height above the drive-wheel.

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driving-wheel, and is contracted in width to its rear end, giving it a triangular form, its outer face or edge crossing the vertical plane of the driving-wheel obliquely, asshown. The rear portion of the upper end of the table B is cut away or deflected on a line forming an extension of the outer edge of the part B, or thereabout, to receive or form a rigid lateral extension, B said extension B overhanging the rear portion of the driving-wheel and the path of the same, and being inclined downward for facilitating the discharge of the bundle.

To the outer end of the extension B is hin ged a triangular-shaped plate or flap, B and to the rear end of this flap is hinged a second flap, B, the rear end of the latter lapping over and resting upon theforward end of the inclined extension B The outer ends or edges of the hinged portions B B project slightly beyond the outer face of the driving-wheel,

and the flap or part B is connected by a.

standard, 0, with the outer end of the drivewheel axle, which serves to uphold it ata uni- By this arrangement the portion of the extension overhanging the wheel at its highest point will be held clear of the wheel under any and all adjustments of the height of the main frame and cutting apparatus, and the discharging end of the hinged flaps or apron will always be held at the same height above the ground, the angle of relation thereof to the inclined elevating and binding table varying to accommodate the adjustment in height of the latter. The connection between the standard I) and the hinged discharging-apron may be such as to adapt the latter to be adjusted in height, if desired; or the standard itself may be made in two parts-one adjustableupon theother-for the same purpose.

The reel-post (indicated at O) is connected by a transverse pivot at its lower end with the supporting-bar G, to permit the forward and backward adjustment of its upper end and of the reel connected therewith.

Upon the bar or plank C is secured a curved rack, 0 and a weighted or spring latch moving in suitable ways on the reel-postis provided with a handle, 0', within convenient reach of the driver in his seat on the machine, for enabling him to release the latch and adjust the reel-post and reel'backward and forward, as desired.

To the upper end of the reel-post the rear end of a yoke or open loop-shaped bracket, D, is pivoted, said yoke being providedon its forward end with a sleeve, D, in which the reelshaft has its bearing.

Within the bracket D, to the upper end of the reel-post, is rigidly secured a forwardlyprojecting quadrant-plate, D toothed on its forward curved end, and in a cross-bar of the bracket D is mounted a short vertical shaft, (1, provided with a worm which engages with said quadrant-rack. The shaft (2 has a crankarm, (1, on its upper end, within convenient The reel is of the type denominated an overhung reel, being supported at its inner end only, and for stiffening its support and preventing its sagginglateral braces d d are employed, the former (see Fig. 9) being pivoted at its lower end to a laterally-projecting arm or bracket, D secured to the bar 0, and at its upper end bolted rigidly to the post (3. The pivotal connection of the brace d with the bracket 1) is in line with the pivotal connection of the post 0 with the bar 0, and the brace thus arranged serves to prevent lateral swaying of the reel-post without interfering with its adjustment, as described. A similar brace (indicated at d in dotted lines) may extend from the post 0 up to one end of the pivot connecting the yoke or loop bracket D with the post (J, and said bracket can thus be given the required width of support necessary to prevent the sagging of the reel-shaft. The arrangement of gearing for actuating the binding mechanism is the same as that described in another application referred to, except that, the binder-gear standard being turned around and placed in front instead of in rear of-the path of the grain, the gearingis correspondingly transposed.

The main binder-gear shaft (indicated at e) is provided on its forward end, in advance of y the spur-gear actuating the binding mechanism, with asprocket-wheel, e, from which motion is communicated through an endless chain, E, to a similar sprocket-wheel, 6 on the forward end of a short shaft, 0 mounted in a 'bracket'or brackets, (1 secured to the bar O.

(See Fig. 7.)

Upon the rear end of the shaft 0 is secured abevel-wheel,f, which engages with and drives a similar wheel,f, secured to the upper end of the crank-shaft F, which actuates the butting-board F.

The shaft F is arranged at right angles to the inclined face of the binder table, and is stepped at its lower end in a suitable bearing on thelatter, and at its-upper end has a bearing'iu an angular bracket, 0 secured'to the bar 0. The crank-shaft F is connected with and serves to operate the adj nstable buttingboard in a manner similar to that describedin another application referred to, and to the upper end of said shaft is connected, by a universaljoint at a tumbling extension or shaft, F extending upward beyond and in G?is open or cut away on its outer side to permit the teeth of the pinion gto project on that side and engage with a bevel-wheel, g, secured to the spokes of the reel or to the reel-shaft adjacent thereto. By this arrangement of mechanism the reel is adapted to be driven in any of the various positions to which it may be adjusted, as above described, and from the same shaft which actuates the butting-board, or by a tumbling extension thereof.

The rear end of the main binder-gear shaft 6 is provided with a sprocket-wheel, H, (see Fig. 2,) which serves through a chain, h, to drive a similar wheel, H, secured to the rear end of the inner roller ot' the platform-apron, and the latter wheel, H, is provided with a crank-wrist, from which a rod,- h, extends outward, connecting saill wrist with the rear end of a longitudinal lever, H which at its forward end is connected with and serves to reciprocatc the knife-bar.

The chain hand the pitman h, the latter on its upper face or edge, are provided with teeth or pins h h, which on the upward and inward throwof the pitinan and the inward movement of the chain on its upper side serve to assist in moving the heads of the grain inward and up the inclined binder-table when the straw is of sufficientlength to cause the heads toproject beyond the rear edge of the platform-apron and binder-table, asisuggested above.

The hangers or brackets I, attached to the bar 0, and in which the picker-shaft z (described in another application referred to) is mounted, have one or more curved bars extending inward over the inclinedbinder-table, and, being slightly curved and provided with ratchet-shaped teeth on their lower faces, allow the grain to readily pass by in its movement upward on the inclined bindertable, but

elfectually prevent its return or backward movement. The bar I, at its inner free end, rests bygravity upon the inclined binder-table, or upon the ascending grain thereon, and forms what I term a gravity-stop.

A second bar or rod, 1 somewhat similar in form to the gravity-stop l, is pivoted at its inner end to a heel-extension, F, of one of the pickerdinks, connecting the heel end of the pickersz" with a pivot on the bar 0, the outer end of the rod 1 overhanging the upper end of theinclined binder-table, and held suspended somewhat above said table by a cord or pivoted link, '0', connecting it with the drivers seat or other, suitable support. The rod or bar I is vibrated in the direction of its length through its connections with the picker-link, and serves to force the bundles, after they leave the binding device, up to the upper portion of the inclined binder-table and out upon the discharging apron attachment thereto, above referred to. r

The drivers seat J is secured to a supporting-standard, J, attached to and upheld by the binder-gear standard, as described in another application referred to, except that said standard, instead of being secured to the upper bearing-sleeve only of said standard, as therein described, extends transversely and obliquely underneath said sleeve, and has its lower end secured ,firmly to the bar 0, and,

being secured also to said sleeve, serves to ma terially stiffen the attachment of said bar 0" t0 the gear-standard. Directly in front of the standard A is a transverse bar, K, extending across the longitudinal plane of the driving wheel and binding mechanisms in advance of said parts, said bar forming a drivers fo0tboard. It rests upon the forward end of the bar 0, and is secured to the standard A by angular or curved brackets 70, which serve to uphold it in the position described and shown. An additional support, in is shown at its outer end in the form of an upright rod or bar provided with angular projections at its sides, bolted, the lower one to the outer end of the forward transverse frame-bar and the upper one to said foot-board K. The end of the foot-board overhangs the shoe at the inner end of the cutting apparatus, and is connected with said shoe by a grain-deflecting board it, extending forward and downward to the standard Lt'or that purpose, thereby avoiding the bending of the rod to form such hearing, though the latterconstruction is preferred. The shaft or. is provided on its upper end with a baud-wheel, M, ora crank-arm for operating it, and upon its lower end with a worm orscrew, m, engaging with a worm-wheel, m on a longitudinal shaft, m from which chains or chain and rods extend to the main driving-wheel and grain lever foradjusting the height of the main frame, platform, and cutting apparatus, as described in anotherapplication referred to.

The foot-board K is also provided with a bearing for a second upright shaft, N, having on its lower end a screw-thread working in a, nut, 02, having a shank swiveled in a heel-e20 tension of the tongne 0, beyond or in rear of the pivotal connection of said tongue with the frame. The shalt N is provided on its upper end with a hand wheel or crank, N, which, like those for effecting the other adjustments of frame and reel, above described, is. within convenient reach of the driver in his seat, who by rotating said shaft can raise or depress the heel endof the tongue, and so rock the machine on its wheels for raising and depressing the cutters.

By theseveralarrangements of adjusting devices above described the height of the frame, the angle of inclination of the same and of the platform and cutters, and the position of the reel are all placed under the control of the driver in his seat, and he is enabled to adapt the machine easily and quickly to the condition of the grain to be operated upon.

The short longitudinal shaft 0 above described, is provided in rear of the sprocketwheel 0 with a spur-wheel, e, which engages with a similar wheel on the pickershaft-t', above referred to, for operating the same; or, if preferred, the main or first binder'shat't, 0, above described, may be provided with a second sprocket-wheel in close proximity with the wheel 0, and a chain extending thence around a sprocket-wheel on the picker-shaft i may be employed for driving the latter. Under either arrangement it will be seen from the foregoing description that the sickle-bar, the butting device, the pickers, and the reel are all connected with and driven from the same binder-shaft, c. The particular form and arrangement of the pickers are described in another application referred to.

Parts of the machine notherein particularly described will be constructed and arranged as described in said other applications, so far as they relate'thereto; otherwise in any usualor preferred manner.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new in this application is 1. The inclined binder-table located between the grain-platform and the driving'wheel, and provided with an apron overhanging the latter, in combination with the binder gear standard located on the grain side of said wheel, in advance of the path of the grain in being elevated over the same, substantially as described.

2. Thecombi nation, with the inclined elevating and binding table located on the grain side of the driving-wheel, of a dischargingapron overhanging said wheel, and having one or more hinged sections, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. The inclined elevating and binding table provided with a discharging-apron overhanging the driving-wheel, and having one or more hinged sections, in combination with a supporting-standard connecting the latter with the outer end of the drive-wheel axle, substantially as described.

4. The inclined binder-table on the grain side of the driving-wheel, in combination with a binder-gear standard located in advance of the path of the grain over said table, and a reel-standard supported by said gear-standard.

5. in a harvesting-machine having an inclined elevating binder-table interposed between the grain-platform and the drivingwheel, and in combination with said table, mechanism for binding the grain in its passage over the table, areel-post connected with a support arranged above said table and attached to the gear-standard, and a butting device arranged between said reel-support and inclined binder-table.

6. Thecombination, with the adjustable reel,

of the tumbling-shaft for operating it, connected by a universal joint with and forming an extension of the crank-shaft actuating the butting devices, substantially as described.

7. The combination, with the inclined elevating binder-table interposed between the grain-platform and the driving-wheel, of the pivoted gravity-stop provided with ratchetshaped teeth on its lower face, substantially as described.

8. The inclined binder-table located on the grain side of the driving-wheel, and provided at its upper end with the apron overhanging said wheel, in combination with mechanism for binding the grain on said table, and a bundle-discharger suspended'above said table and connected with and operated from the pickerlinlr, substantially as described.

9. The binder-gear standard located on the grain side of the driving-wheel and in advance of the path of the grain in being elevated over said wheel, in combination with a drivers foot-board connected with and upheld by said gear-standard, and provided with" mechanism for rocking the machine on said driving-wheel, substantially as described.

10. The inclined hindertable located be tween the platform and the driving-wheel, in combination with a binder-gear standard located on the grain side of said wheel, in advance of the path of the grain, and a crossbar connected with and upheld by the gearstandard, and supporting mechanism for tilting the machine.

11. The pitman for actuating the sickle-bar, in combination with a sprocket-chain actuating the crank-shaft and inner roller of the platform-apron, both pitman and chain being provided with teeth to assist in inovingthe heads of the grain overhanging the inclined bindertable, substantially as described.

12. The combination, with the crank-shaft actuating the butting-board, the tumbling-extension of said shaft, actuating the reel, the picker-shaft, and the mechanism for actuating the sickle bar, of the main binder-gear shaft, substantially as described, whereby said butting-board, reel, picker-shaft and sickle-bar are all driven from one and the same bindershaft.

In testimony whereofI have hereunto set my hand this 5th day of September, A. D. 1882.

L EWIS MILLER.

\Vitnesses:

N. N. LEOHUER, N. A. MEANS.

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